Milos Krasic has emerged as Chelsea’s top attacking transfer target, after the Serbian was told he has no future at Juventus.

The 27-year-old enjoyed a fine first season in Italy after leaving CSKA Moscow in a £12.5million deal in the summer of 2010, but Bianconeri coach Antonio Conte has frozen him out of the first team this term.

Milos Krasic is a target for Chelsea (Getty Images)

Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas knows he needs reinforcements for his front three after allowing Nicolas Anelka to join Shanghai Shenhua shortly before Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou depart for the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Portuguese tactician apparently sees Krasic as ideally suited to his preferred attacking formation and wants to bring the winger in on loan for the rest of the campaign.

Juventus would prefer to find a permanent move for him, but may be willing to accept a temporary switch if it enables them to offload the player in the summer.